Ticket for textile goods.



E. A. HIRNEH. TICKET FOR TEXTILE GOODS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1914. 1,146,254. Patented July 13, 1915.

GFFICE.

EMIL A. HIB/NER, 0F ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET FOR TEXTILE GOODS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application led February 21, 1914. Serial No. l820,377.

the quality, size, etc., of the goods, are to be" attached, it has heretofore been customaryto attach such tickets either by gluing them to the fabric, or by sewing them to the fabric, or by attaching them with a Wire staple. A ticket glued to the fabric is not readily removed. Sewing the ticket to the fabric is expensive, and the fabric is often torn in the effort to remove the ticket or the threads. The same is true of the use of the lwire staple, with the additional disadvantage that the fingers are often injured either in affixing or removing the staple.

According to my invention, a ticket formed of stiff and resilient cardboard or similar material, folded to constitute a front and a rear member, is secured to the fabric by a stud which passes through both members, and engages one of the members by carrying a thickness of the fabric through a slot adapted to retain the covered stud when in its'n'ormal position. v

I have shown in the accompanying drawings a preferred form of ticket suitable for hosiery and embodying my invention, in which- Figure I, is a front, view of such form of my improved ticket attached to the top of a stocking. Fig. II, is a rear view of the same. Fig. III, is a sectional view taken on the line III, III, of Fig. I. Fig. IV, is a front view, in perspective, of the ticket unattached, but with the members slightly opened out, showing in dotted lines the position `which the rear member may conveniently assume when this form of Wticket is about' to be applied to the fabric. Fig. V, is a view in perspective of a form of stud lwhich may be employed as an alternative for that shown in the other figures.

The ticket is preferably formed of a single piece of stout paper or card-board, suiiiciently tough not to tear or split under the strain to which it is subjected, and possess.-

ing sufficient stiffness and resiliency to prop erly engage the retainer device as hereinafter explained. The cardboard should also be of such character as to be capable of being markedwith the desired indications.

The ticket comprises two members, one of which may be termed the rear member, indicated at 1, theother the face member, .indicated at 2, said members being foldably united at the region 3. The rear member l, is pierced to form an aperture 4:, of suiicient size to permit the passage of the head 12, of a stud, preferably made of smooth metal, and having an extended Hat base l0, too large to pass through the aperture 4, so that the said base is adapted to abut against the outer face of the rear member of the ticket, and engage it, when the 'shank 11, of the stud is in position in the aperture 4. The stud-head 12, is of such configuration as to be able to engage the textile fabric 16, un-l der pressure, without marring the fabric.

The face member 2, ofthe ticket is provided with an elongated slot 13, having vprefenably the configuration shown, where it will be seen that the upper portion of the slot is somewhat wider than the lower por,-k

tion, its dimensions being so related to the dimensions and configuration of the studhead 12, as to permit the insertion of the latter when surrounded by a layer of the textile fabric, but to restrain the stud-head and surrounding fabric against withdrawal, when the face and rear members of the ticket are in their normal orl flat position.

' lIn order to affix this form of 'ticket to a stocking or other article of textile farbic, the stud-head 12, is placed against the fabric 16, near the margin thereof; the rear member 1, may then be bent, .approximately as shown in dotted lines in Fig. IV, so as to bring the stud-head opposite to the enlarged portion of the slot 13, and the studhead is inserted through the slot at that region, carrying with it a portion of thev fabric, which bunches itself around the studhead. Thereupon the bent portion of the ticket is permitted to assume its normal or flat position, so that the stud-head and laver of fabric carried thereby, are engaged within the narrow region of the slotthus securing both members of the ticket to the fabric and to one another.

The form of stud shown in Fig. V is somewhat cheaper to manufacture than thel 110 420. Ys tamped from a single piece of metal.

Q Maaate rounded one shown in the other figures, and. consists of a lattbase 17, carryingat one side a shank 19, at 'right anglesto the base, said shank terminating in a fiat stud-head This form of stud can be readily By employing for the slotted member a cardboard, which is pliable as well as stiff and resilient, and sufficiently tough to prevent it from readily tearing or splitting, the slot may, if desired, .be made of uniform width, provided'it be sufficient in dimensions to be capable of aslight temporar'y deformation of the material of the face member at the edge of the slot, while the stud-head surrounded by the textile fabric is being inserted; or, when-a stud having a flattened head, such as that shown in Fig. V, is employed, the stud may if necessary be turned slightly, so as topresent the long axis of the head in proper relation to the Vslot to pass throughit, and may then be turned, sothat the stud head surrounded by fabric shall. engage crosswise in the slot.

I employ the word` cardboard as including any form of cardboard, heavy paper or bristol board, which is sufficiently tough, stiff and resilient to operate as explained. l have also designated the slotted member as the face member of the ticket, because l consider that this organization is the more attractive in appearance, but such designation has no restrictive significance. ltwill also be understood that I do not limit my invention to the form of ticket, or to the form of slot, shown in the drawings.

The ticket which l have thus described is neat, easily attached or detached without injury to the fingers or to the fabric, and yet, when attached is very firmly retained in position. It is moreover highly economical, as I have found that the cost of producing the ticket and stud, and attaching them to the fabric is less than would be the' case if the ticket of the usual character were employed and stitched to the fabric, or attached thereto by a Wire.

Having thus described-mv invention, ll claim:

1. A ticket for textile fabric-consisting of a piece of tough, stiff and resilient cardboard folded to provide front and rear members, adapted to lie on opposite sides of the fabric, one member being provided a ith an elongated slot, at a substantial distance from the fold, wider at one end than the other, and the other member being provided with a stud at a point which, when the members lie flat, is opposite the narrow part of said slot, said stud having a rounded head, which, when surrounded by the fabric to which the ticket is to be attached. is capable of .being received through the wider end of said slot and engaged by the narrower end thereof, the resiliency of the cardboard being such as to normally force the stud to the narrower end.

2. A ticket for a textile fabric consisting of a piece of tough, stiff, and resilient cardboard provided with a longitudinal slot at one end and a stud at the other, folded in the central region to provide front and rear members adapted to lie on opposite sides of the fabric, and in such a way that when the members lie fiat, the stud is opposite one part of the slot. said stud being provided with a head and a shank adapted to pass through the slot when surrounded by the fabric at a point other than that opposite which the stud normally lies, and the resiliency of the cardboard being such as to force the stud into that part of the slot opposite whichv it normally lies.

ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto signed my name, at Allentown, Pennsylvania this sixth day of February 1914:.

` EMIL A. HIRNER. Witnesses:

CHAs. D. MOYER, Roer. A. Koeman. 

